stress

Stress may refer to:

== Science and medicine == Stress (biology), an organism's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition Stress (linguistics), relative emphasis or prominence given to a syllable in a word, or to a word in a phrase or sentence Stress (mechanics), the internal forces that neighboring particles of a continuous material exert on each other Oxidative stress, an imbalance of free radicals Psychological stress, a feeling of strain and pressure Occupational stress, stress related to one's job Surgical stress, systemic response to surgical injury